Pocket-book lock.



PATENTED' MAR. 13, 1906.

A J SMITH. i PUGKET BooK LOCK. APPLIGATI-ON FILED ABIL?, 1905.

" :UNITED sTA'rEs PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW J'. SMITH, 0El Los ANGELES,J CALIFORNIA, AssIGNoR oF'oNE,

' EIGHTH To'y JAcoB LIPPMAN, 0E Los ANGELEs'oALIEoRNiA.

cidentally fa POCKET-BOOK' LOCK..

' Specification of 'Letters Patent.

Patented March 13, 1906.

Application iedAprii 7, 1905. semi No. 254,416.

Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful improvements -in means to removably fasten a pocket-book in the pocket of a coat, vest, or other garment to prevent it from acling out andr to prevent the pocket-book from being surreptitiously removed rom the pocket, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a handy and convenient device for placement in the pocket or other receptacleadapted to receive a pocket-book which will prevent the vice being in its normal position.

convenient manner.

accidental or surreptitious removal of the pocket-book from the pocket or receptacle. I accomplish this object by means of the rievice described herein and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Flgure l is an elevation of a pocket-book in place in the locking de vice, the locking de- Fi 2 is an elevation of pocket-book in the lcking device, the locking device being in the position which it will assume after the lock .has been opened and the pocket-book is being'removed. Fi 3 is an elevation of the locking device, part y vbroken away. The reverse side of the device is shown-in this figure to that shown in Figs. l and 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of a pocket having my locking 'device secured therein, the sectional line through the pocket-book and device bein taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detai of the catch portion of thedevice adapted for placement on thev pocket-book.

' In the drawings, A represents the pocketbook, to which is secured the button B in any In Fig. 5 I have shown it screwed into avent O on the inside of the pocket-book, which has `.a screw-threaded opening therein for the reception of the screwthreaded shank on the button. By this means the button is easilyv attached to or removed from the pocket-book without injury to the pocket-book. When the lockingbut ing-lug F on ythe locking-dog F and will be held` securely against removal unless the locking-dog is thrown backward out of the way, which is accomplished by the pressure of theinger on the iinger-piece G.- This iinger-piece is rigidly secured on one end of the pivot H, and the other end of the pivot'is rigidly secured to the dog F. By the pressure downwardly on the finger-piece G the dog F will swing on the pivot H andcarry the ug F out 'of the way of the locking-button B and permit the removallof the pocket-book from the pocket. l

We will now assume `for illustration that the pocket.- book is locked in place in the pocket and the engaging lug is inthe position shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The pocket-book can be easily removed from the pocket by of the iingers of the hand passing downwardly on the outside of the pocket-book, the other ngers passin downwardly between ment and engagin the pressing downwar ly thereon, thereby releasing the button. This will swing the locking-lug F out of the way, as shown in Fi 2, permitting the easy removal of the poc etbook from the pocket. The spring I will hold the locking-dog normally in its closed position, as shown in Fig. 8, except when a downward pressure is put on the finger-piece. The locking-button will operate to throw the locking-lug F out of its path as it passes downwardly into the V-shaped opening in the locking device.

When the button has passed below the locking-lug, the tensionl on the spring will throw the locking-lug outwardly into the path of the button and prevent the button from passing upwardly and out of the V- shaped opening E unless the finger-piece Gis pressed downwardly. l

Now it will be manifest that I have provided handy means whereby the pocket-book can be placed m the pocket in the usual manner and will be securely held therein unless the linger-piece G is depressed. This fingerpieceis easily depressed by the liinger in passing the same down into the pocket in grasp ing the pocket-.book when it is desired to remove the same, and the pocket-book therefore cannot be removed from the pocket unless this lngerpiece is depressed without passing the'hand down into the pocket, partssv the pocket-book an the ocket` of the garger-piece G and loo tearing the pocket-book or the inside of the pocket to which the locking device is secured. I have shown in the drawings means by which the locking device is secured to the fabric comprising the pocket-viz., by rivets J. However, the locking device can be securely affixed to the fabric comprising the pocket-book in any other convenient manner. Therefore a pocket-book in place in the pocket cannot be removed therefrom without the knowledge of the party wearin the gan ment in which the pocket-book is p aced.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A pocket-book lock comprising a button adapted to be secured .to the pocket-book, and a pair of U-shaped plates secured together and to the pocket-book thus havin@ an open slot through the center of each pIate adapted to receive the button and a pivoted spring-actuated latch which normally rests across the slots, it being interposed between Athe two plates, and means whereby the latch 

